Window



Patented May 11,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

wILLIAM SCOTT SHIELDS, OF YARIILIEY, PENNSYLVANIA.

WINDOW.

Application filed 'October 5, 1928. Serial No. 666,736.

This invention relates to an improvement in windows, and with respectto' its more specific features, to vehicle Windows.

An object of the invention is to provide a construction of window,wherein rattling between the sash and the frame is eliminated.

Another object isto provide a construction wherein a limited lateralmovement between the sash and the frame is provided for, withoutdisturbing the close connection.

Another object is to provide mechanism to maintain a dust and weatherproof connection, of a nature such that it will not interfere with thesliding movement of the sash, to open and closed position.

Another object is to provide in frames having sash receiving grooves,mechanism to receive and closely grasp the sash edges, and to center thesash inthe frame.

Another object is'to provide mechanism for converting the usualconstruction of frame having grooves for receiving framed sashes, intoframes suitable for use with unframed glass.

Another object is to provide in windows, a frame havlng separable sashreceiving members.

Another object is to provide in windows, I

a frame having separable sash receiving members, designed to establish aclose dust and weather proof connection without interiering with thesliding movement of the sas Another object is to provide in windows,

a frame having separable sash receiving members of metal, provided withresilient side walls, converging toward their free edges to tightlygrasp the sash, or the unframed glass.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combinations of parts fully described:hereinafter, illustrated 1n the accompanying drawings, and pointed outin the appended changes in the form, proportion,-siz e and claims itbeing understood that various minor details of construction, within thescope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from thespirit of the invention.

In the, drawings forming a part hereof; Figure 1 is a front elevation ofa part of a 'window constructed in accordance with the invention, withapart in section, and

with a portion of the holding strips removed. 1

Figures 2, 3, and 4 are sections on the lines 22, 3--3 and 4-4,respectively, of

Figure 1,

Figuref) is a view similar to Figure 2,

showing another embodiment of the invention.

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 2,

showing an alternate method of'interlocking the extensions.

The present embodiment of the invention is shown in connection with awindow consisting of a frame, having side members 1,

a head or top 2, a sill 3, and a sash 4,

which in the present instance is of plate glass. The side members andtop or head have grooves or channels 5 to receive the sash edges, andthese grooves may be provided for in any usual or desired manner.

tegral extensions 7 and 8 from the respective side walls. Theseextensions extend in the same direction, and overlie or lap upon eachother, beyond the side walls. The extensions may be integral if desired,or they may be separate and interlocked at the edges remote from thesidewalls. In the first instance the .member would be ofintegral'construction, while in the latter it would consist of twopieces.

The latter construction is shown in Figures 2, 3 and 4, wherein the freeedge of the extension 8 is turned over upon the free edge of theextension 7, thus providing an interlock and a reinforce, whichstrengthens the member and makes it more rigid.

the members in place in the grooves or channels of the frame. In thepresent instance Any suitable means may be used to secured the lappingextensions have openings to receive screws 9, or the like, to connectthe,

members tothe frame. As shown the frame has a detachable strip 10, wnichis held to the frame by the screws 9. This strip covers nel. Forinstance, either wall 6 of Figure and conceals the extensions, and formsone wall of the groove or channel of the frame; and it may be removedwhen it is desired to attach or detach the member.

At the top or head of the frame, and at the sill, the free edges of theside walls, indicated at.11 in Figure 3, are out-turned, as shown at 12,to facilitate the entrance of the sash or glass into the channel betweenthe side walls. The construction ofthe member is otherwise the same, theside walls having extensions 13 and 14, which extend in the samedirection, and are interlocked, as shown at 15, although it is to beunderstood that they may be integral if desired.

The integral arrangement is shown in Figure 5, wherein the member ismade from a single piece of material, the extensions 16 of the sidewalls 17 being integrally connected at the edge remote from the sidewalls, The lapping extensions 16 have openings for receiving the screws18, whereby to connect the member to the frame.

' It will be understood that I also contemplate the use o'famember,-composed of a single side wall and its extension, co-operatingwith a wall of the frame groove or ohan- 2, or 11 of-Figure 3, might beused alone, co-operating with the opposite wall of the frame groove 5. y

It will be noticed, referring to Figures 2, 3, 4 and 5, that the grooveor channel of the frame has its side walls slightly undercut to followroughly the inclination of the side walls of the member, and they arespaced sufficiently far from the said side walls to permit the spreadingof the side walls when the sash or glass is in place, and to permit alimited lateral movement-of the frame or glass. The undercutting ishowever not essential. While a limited lateral movement of the sash orglass is permitted, the tight connection between it'and the frame is notdisturbed, nor is it disturbed by the sliding movement of the sash orglass to open and Frames having grooves or channels for receiving sashesmay easily be converted into frames for receiving glass withoutframes orsashes, merely by placing channel-menu .bers constructed in accordancewith the invention in the said grooves or channels, and

- one or both side walls of the member may be used as may be desired.When one side wall is used, the glass may be held close against theouter side wall of the frame groove or channel.

The edge of either extension may be turned over upon the other. InFigure 6, the lowermost extension 19, corresponding to the extension 7of Figure 2, is turned over upon the extension 20, corresponding to theextension 8 of Figure 2. This arrangement serves to brace and hold theside walls in proper position, while the member is being positioned inthe frame.

I have described i the side walls as converging toward each other, andit-will be understood that by the term converging is meant that the sidewalls incline toward each other, but do not necessarily touch at theirfree edges. The free edges of the side walls may be spaced apart, theymay barely touch, or they may press closely against each other, inaccordance with the thickness of the sash or glass to be held,

What I claim is:

1. In window construction, and in combination with a frame having aglass receivfirst named extension, and said extensions being adapted tolie beneath the. detachable strip and having openings through which theholding means'for the strip may be passed to secure said member place.

2. As an article of manufacture-for use in guiding the glass ofautomobile windows,

a channel shaped member comprising a bottom and resilient side walls,said side walls converging at their'free edges and being spaced apart atsaid edges a distance less than the thickness of the glass to be guided,

the bottom being formed by an extension from one side wall and having a.portion projecting beyond the other side wall, the said other side wallhaving an extension lying upon the projecting portion of the bottom. v

In testimony whereof I affix mysignature.

WILLIAM SCOTT SHIELDS.

